A group of Japanese "hacktivists" who claim to represent the hacker group Anonymous picked up garbage and distributed pamphlets in Tokyo on Saturday to protest the revised law that would impose harsher punishments for downloading copyrighted contents.

A group of Japanese "hacktivists" who claim to represent the hacker group Anonymous picked up garbage and distributed pamphlets in Tokyo on Saturday to protest the revised law that would impose harsher punishments for downloading copyrighted contents.

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda shook hands with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at an international conference on Afghan assistance in Tokyo on Sunday. International donors led by the U.S. and Japan agreed Sunday to provide Afghanistan with at least $16 billion in development aid through 2015.

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda shook hands with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at an international conference on Afghan assistance in Tokyo on Sunday. International donors led by the U.S. and Japan agreed Sunday to provide Afghanistan with at least $16 billion in development aid through 2015.